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edmund lawrence van someren

edmund lawrence van someren

Edmund Lawrence Van Someren (1875–1963): A Dutch Master's Legacy Edmund Lawrence Van Someren, born in Bangalore, India on July 4th, 1875, was the son of Colonel Gotlieb James Van Someren, a soldier serving with the Madras Infantry, and Sarah Marsden. His early education took place at Linton House School in Worthing, followed by private tutoring before he embarked on his artistic journey at Dresden Academy in Germany. Recognizing his talent for painting, he enrolled at the Royal Academy Schools in London in 1895, where he achieved two Silver Medals and a Landseer Scholarship – accolades that…

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A chart of edmund lawrence van someren's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

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